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dawan news after two days of fierce competition, the 2024 wdsf world youth breakdancing championships and the first liangxi street dance conference concluded on september 29 in wuxi, jiangsu. in the men's competition, anhui youngster qian cheng represented the chinese national youth team. he was not afraid of strong opponents in the competition, and finally won a valuable bronze medal with his outstanding performance.

as the only chinese player to reach the semi-finals of the men's team, qian cheng defeated japanese player tsukiko iinuma in the third place battle and won the bronze medal. the final was between japanese player kubota raine and ukrainian player maschenko. in the end, kubota raine won 3:0.

qian cheng said in an interview after the game: "we entered the training camp more than 20 days in advance for this world youth championship. the coach took us through many simulation games and rectified various training details, which gave us all kinds of confidence. i have achieved the goal of the coach and reached my own satisfaction. this world youth championship is held in china. being able to represent china gives me the feeling of protecting my country and my country through the long preparations. the excitement of showing oneself and breaking through. for foreign players, i am not as surprised as i was a few years ago. on the contrary, i feel that our chinese players are stronger and everyone has their own advantages.”

this event is the first breakdancing world youth championship organized by the world dancesport federation (wdsf), attracting a total of 215 contestants from 42 countries and regions. it is reported that this world youth championship will also create a new points system to provide a basis for qualification selection for the dakar youth olympic games to be held in senegal in 2026.

dawan news reporter xu haiyan

editor peng ling